Alex Norton
Acting
Born 1950-01-27 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Alex Norton is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, and Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down. He played eleven roles in Bill Douglas' 1986 film Comrades and has starred in the key films of Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero and Comfort and Joy) as well as big Hollywood productions like Braveheart, White Hunter Black Heart and Patriot Games. He was one of the founder members of the 7:84 company, touring Scotland with The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil in the 1970s.
Known for
Brave
2012 · Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Movie
Braveheart
1995 · Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Movie
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
Les Misérables
1998 · Movie
Dragon Rider
2020 · Movie
Still Game: The Story So Far
2014 · Movie
Local Hero
1983 · Movie
Deacon Brodie
1997 · Movie
Scandal
1989 · Movie
Little Voice
1998 · Movie
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · Movie
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989 · Movie
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974 · Movie
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994 · Movie
Comrades
1987 · Movie
Dead on Time
1983 · Movie
Down Among the Big Boys
1993 · Movie
Just Another Saturday
1975 · Movie
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
2023 · Movie
Michael Regan
1971 · Movie
Rikki
2024 · Movie
Under Suspicion
1991 · Movie
Every Picture Tells a Story
1984 · Movie
Robin Hood
1991 · Movie
Countdown to War
1989 · Movie
Shoshana
2024 · Movie
Gregory's Girl
1980 · Movie
Orphans
1998 · Movie
When Saturday Comes
1996 · Movie
White Goods
1994 · Movie
Comfort and Joy
1984 · Movie
Lucky Sunil
1988 · Movie
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015 · Movie
Beautiful Creatures
2000 · Movie
A Sense of Freedom
1985 · Movie
Complicity
2000 · Movie
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992 · Movie
Hidden City
1987 · Movie
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991 · Movie
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 · Movie
Two Doors Down
2013 · Movie
Sir Billi
2012 · Movie
Being Stanley Baxter
2025 · Movie
Ooh the Banter!
2022 · Movie
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977 · Movie
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
2023 · Movie
Leaving
1989 · Movie
The Game
1998 · Movie
Dream Me Up Scotty!
2013 · Movie
Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
1979 · Movie